FRIDAY 8 – SUNDAY 17 DECEMBER 12:00 – 22:30 daily FREE Salford Quays, MediaCityUK

The UK’s biggest outdoor digital light festival

For more information visit quaysculture.com #LIGHTWAVES2017 LIGHTWAVES 2017 1 I FORGOT

Lightwaves is the UK’s largest International writer Jackie Kay is free outdoor digital art light show. collaborating with Salford digital artists Soup Collective to create a brand new, This stunning exhibition of large-scale interactive neon word to technology in art is located whisper your secrets into, created specially across Salford Quays – home for Quays Culture. to MediaCityUK. Located on the plaza outside the Lowry An unforgettable 10-day event featuring artworks and activities by UK and international artists. SHINE

Artworks are exhibited daily from An emerging artist programme in 12:00 – 22:30 on 8 – 17 December. partnership with Light Night , Quays Culture is proud to present four #Lightwaves2017 new commissions of digital art from up-and-coming artists;

7 Howl 8 Kira Zhigalina

Brink Dance Company and Howl Kira Zhigalina’s immersive and Creative present a collaborative interactive installation, Symbiosis, installation that combines live dance visualises breathing with a dome of performance with projections of digital light. Sensors in the artwork digital and physical worlds. detect participants’ breathing patterns, Located inside the University of Salford digitally converting them with LEDs. Showing on the launch weekend (8-10 Dec) Your body controls the light. at selected times – check the Quays Culture Located in the MediaCityUK Gardens website for more details

9 Storyteller #2 12 Abstract Playground AP3

Naifei Wu presents an installation The brainchild of Will Hurt. made up of playful robots that Part video game, part musical have been encoded to interact with instrument, this piece of technology audiences. As you approach the allows audiences to reconfigure an robots they will speak to you, sharing iconic building at Salford Quays, stories told by the people of Greater playing with a geometric design to . create their own digital version of Located in the Open Centre, MediaCityUK the physical form. Located inside The Lowry foyer 2,4,6 Blackpool Illuminations 3 DUET

Quays Culture will be showcasing A first time showcase for Salford Quays a curated collection of Blackpool and MediaCityUK. Once again, Quays Illuminations’ much-loved lights. From Culture will collaborate with Invisible Star Trek to Children’s TV favourites Flock, on the back of the success of their Sooty, Sweep and Soo, these characters original co-commission, the DUET App. bring fun from our Blackpool friends. Located on the corner of Dock 9 Located near the tram

5 100 Faces & Places 10 Hydrozome

Over the past months we invited Artist Tom Dekyvere creates an people of to submit enormous rope, light and sound artwork photographs of their favourite people and by the waterside of the Manchester Ship places. From across the 10 boroughs of Canal, dipping into the water itself to Greater Manchester this selection of 100 create interactive light and sound for you photographs displays some of the diversity to enjoy. and character of our great region. Located on the waterside stepped area of Located near the tram MediaCityUK

11 humansbeingdigital 13 Light Graffiti Workshop

An international selection of artworks Sarah Wakeford returns for a creative that bring us to the touch-point between session using light to make your own human beings and being digital. pictures, suitable for all ages in small Please note: This exhibition includes some groups or solo. The workshop runs both adult content. Located inside The Lowry weekends at selected times throughout Galleries and open from 11:00-17:00 Sun-Fri, the day. 10:00-19:00 Sat Check the Quays Culture website for more information. Located in the Lowry Outlet Launch Weekend 8-10 December Baby Moves workshop in the Lowry Outlet – Saturday 9 December at 10:00 Check the Quays Culture website for Invisible Flock artist-led workshop in the news about activity times and dates Lowry Galleries – Saturday 9 December Events include: at 14:00 Honour Choir Performance on the Plaza Performances of Howl, 8-10 December. – Friday 8 December at 19:00 See website for details Light Graffiti workshop in the Lowry Outlet THE QUAYS AWAY FESTIVAL MAP MediaCityUK SAL UIVESITY 1 I FORGOT E CETE 2 Blackpool Illuminations MediaCityU 3 Duet aday Aae HLIAY I 4 Blackpool Illuminations Ha City 5 Blackpool Illuminations (100 faces & places) 6 Blackpool Illuminations 7 Howl T 7 8 Symbiosis 9 Storyteller #2 U 10 City 10 Hydrozome C Media 2 11 humansbeingdigital exhibition 11 LWY 12 Abstract Playground AP3 THE UTLET MALL LWY 12 13 Light Graffiti Workshop 1 1 T ITV T ad IMEIAL WA MUSEUM TH Ta ad St TA WHA A Maete Si Caa idi ai T Tiet SALL LAE

FUNDED BY: SUPPORTED BY: The Lowry, MediaCity UK, BBC North, Eae Qay Lowry Outlet, Salford City Council, University of Salford Manchester, Urban Vision, ITV, Marketing Manchester, GSL Scaffolding, Light

up the North, Visit Blackpool Illuminations, TA A LightNight Leeds, Eagle Labs at The Landing, Taiwan National Culture and Arts Foundation, Leeds Dance Partnership

Finding Us

The Quays is easy to get to from across Greater Manchester and the region: take the tram to MediaCityUK, park at MediaCityUK (sat nav M50 2EQ) or catch the bus, including Arriva. Part of www.lightupthenorth.com Cover Image credit: Tom Dekyvere